{{Short description|Russian actor (1954–2021)}} {{Infobox person | image = Garkalin (cropped).jpg | caption = | name = Valery Garkalin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|4|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|20|1954|4|11|df=y}} | death_place = Moscow, Russia | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1978–2021 }}'''Valery Borisovich Garkalin''' ({{langx|ru|Вале́рий Бори́сович Га��ка́лин}}; 11 April 1954 – 20 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2008.<ref name="kremlin">[http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/27027 Награждён указом президента России № 332 от 11 марта 2008 года]</ref> Garkalin was also a professor of GITIS.]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20211123/garkalin-1760297607.html |title=В Москве прошла церемония прощания с Валерием Гаркалиным |access-date=2021-11-23 |archive-date=2021-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123145155/https://ria.ru/20211123/garkalin-1760297607.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Personal life == He was married to Yekaterina from 1978 until her death in 2009.<ref>[https://www.pravda.ru/culture/cinema/09-06-2008/271377-garkalin-0/ Валерия Гаркалина сразил инфаркт]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moscow-post.ru/culture/000123485981973/ |title=Умерла жена Валерия Гаркалина |access-date=2018-04-26 |archive-date=2019-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403233303/http://www.moscow-post.ru/culture/000123485981973/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> His daughter Nika is active in theatrical production.<ref>[http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/dithyramb/711455-echo/ Эхо Москвы: Валерий Гаркалин]</ref> His son-in-law is an actor of the Theatre of Nations Pavel Akimkin. Garkalin became a grandfather in 2012 when his daughter gave birth to a son named Timofey.
Garkalin was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Kommunarka on 2 October 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. He died from complications from his comorbidities on 20 November 2021.<ref>[https://rassvet-info.ru/events/rossiya/garkalin-samochuvstvie.html ИА Рассвет: Вышел ли из комы Валерий Гаркалин — состояние здоровья актёра на сегодня]</ref>
==Selected filmography == * ''The Scarlet Flower'' (1977) as man in the village * ''Katala'' (1989) as Aleksei Grekov * ''Tsar Ivan the Terrible'' (1991) as Vaska Gryaznoy * ''Zone of Lyube'' (1994) as Silnyy * ''Russian Symphony'' (1994) as Borisych * ''What a Mess!'' (1995) as Vasily Krolikov, Innokentiy Shniperson, Roman Almazov and Patrick Crolikow * ''Poor Sasha'' (1997) as Nikolay Kryshkin * ''House for the Rich'' (2000) as captain Skorokhodov * ''Silver Lily of the Valley'' (2000) as Roman Kromin * ''Yeralash'' (2004—2006) as cameo * ''Fitil'' (2004—2006) as cameo * ''My Fair Nanny'' (2004) as writer Francois Lyapen * ''Popsa'' (2005) as Lev Malinovsky * ''One Night of Love'' (2008) as Monsieur Charles, Fencing Teacher
== Awards == * Kinoshock (1995) — Award for Best Actor * Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2000) for merits in the field of art<ref>[http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/15872 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26 июля 2000 года № 1380 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»]</ref> * People's Artist of Russia (2008)<ref name="kremlin"/>
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0307485}} * [http://www.v-garkalin.ru/ Неофициальный сайт Валерия Гаркалина]
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